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  1. Tribeca: 'Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia' Filmmaker on the Late Author's Life and Legacy (Q&A)

    Tribeca: 'Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia' Filmmaker on the Late Author's Life and Legacy (Q&A)

    2:12 pm PDT 4/25/2013
    • Joshua Stecker
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    Australian filmmaker Nicholas Wrathall's thorough documentary on Vidal's life paints an intimate portrait of a man many revere as one of America's last great intellectuals. READ MORE

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  2. Review
    Watch Video Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia: Tribeca Review

    Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia: Tribeca Review

    12:52 pm PDT 4/19/2013
    • Frank Scheck
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    Nicholas Wrathall's documentary chronicles the celebrated life and career of the late author and political gadfly. READ MORE

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  3. Watch Video Tribeca: 'Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia' Trailer Hits the Web (Video)

    Tribeca: 'Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia' Trailer Hits the Web (Video)

    5:20 pm PDT 3/28/2013
    • Emily Helwig
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    The new documentary highlights the public figure’s life and achievements, and features his final on-camera interviews. READ MORE

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  4. 'Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia' Trailer

    10:40 am PDT 3/28/2013
    • David Simpson
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    Documentary filmmaker Nicholas D. Wrathall's look at iconic American writer Gore Vidal. The movie also features interviews with Tim Robbins, Mikhail Gorbachev, Sting, David Mamet and Dick Cavett. READ MORE

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  5. Why Hollywood Owes a Debt of Gratitude to Gore Vidal (Appreciation)

    Why Hollywood Owes a Debt of Gratitude to Gore Vidal (Appreciation)

    5:43 pm PDT 8/9/2012
    • M.G. Lord
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    Adapting Tennessee Williams' "Suddenly, Last Summer" for the screen, he slyly defied both the Production Code and the Catholic Church, showing other writers they didn't have to bowdlerize their work. READ MORE

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  6. Gore Vidal Remembered By Nephew Burr Steers

    Gore Vidal Remembered By Nephew Burr Steers

    9:00 am PDT 8/9/2012
    • As told to Gregg Kilday
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    The "Igby Goes Down" screenwriter and director on the private life of the novelist, screenwriter and provocateur who died July 31 at age 86: "He loved conversation, and he loved people who could really bring it." READ MORE

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  7. In the Magazine
    Gore Vidal's Hollywood Friends Remember Him

    Gore Vidal's Hollywood Friends Remember Him

    9:00 am PDT 8/9/2012
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    Susan Sarandon, Peter Bogdanovich and Anjelica Huston share their memories. READ MORE

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  8. Producer and Cast of Gore Vidal's 'The Best Man' Pay Tribute to Late Writer

    Producer and Cast of Gore Vidal's 'The Best Man' Pay Tribute to Late Writer

    3:21 pm PDT 8/1/2012
    • Jordan Zakarin
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    "Speaking his witty and eloquent words every night only reinforces for me what a genius he was," show star and close friend Cybill Shepherd said. READ MORE

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  9. The Race
    FEINBERG: The Day That I Interviewed -- Er, Was Lectured to by -- Gore Vidal

    FEINBERG: The Day That I Interviewed -- Er, Was Lectured to by -- Gore Vidal

    11:37 am PDT 8/1/2012
    • Scott Feinberg
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    Scott Feinberg revisits his 2008 interview with Vidal, during which the celebrated man of letters was grumpy, acerbic and eerily prescient about Barack Obama. READ MORE

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  10. Gore Vidal Dies at 86

    Gore Vidal Dies at 86

    9:14 pm PDT 7/31/2012
    • Jordan Zakarin
    • Mike Barnes
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    The novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist and political activist ran for Congress and pushed boundaries with such works as "Myra Breckinridge" and "The City and the Pillar." READ MORE

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  11. Review
    Watch Video Gore Vidal's The Best Man: Theater Review

    Gore Vidal's The Best Man: Theater Review

    6:15 pm PDT 4/1/2012
    • David Rooney
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    John Larroquette, Eric McCormack, James Earl Jones, Angela Lansbury, Candice Bergen and Michael McKean are among the deluxe cast navigating the political arena in this Broadway revival of the 1960 Gore Vidal play. READ MORE

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